Joe Borowski

Full Name: Joseph Thomas Borowski Primary Position: RP First Game: July 9, 1995 Birthdate: May 4, 1971 Last Game: July 1, 2008 Birthplace: Bayonne, New Jersey MLB Experience: 10 years Bat/Throw: Right/Right College: Rutgers University

Biography

Born on May 4, 1971 in Bayonne, New Jersey, Joe Borowski (Joseph Thomas Borowski) played for the Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Florida Marlins over the course of his 10 year career. Borowski broke into the bigs on July 9, 1995 with the Baltimore Orioles, and put up a 2.73 ERA in 95.2 innings pitched in 2002, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Joe Borowski's best season was 2003, when he posted a 2.63 ERA, notched 33 saves and struck out 66 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1995	BAL	A	6	0	0	0	1.23	3	1	1	0	0	0	7.1	5	0	4	0	0	0
1996	ATL	N	22	0	2	4	4.85	15	15	14	0	0	0	26	33	4	13	4	1	1
1997	ATL	N	20	0	2	2	3.75	6	11	10	0	0	0	24	27	2	16	4	0	0
1997	NYY	A	1	0	0	1	9.00	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	1	0	0
1997	Total		21	0	2	3	4.15	8	13	12	0	0	0	26	29	2	20	5	0	0
1998	NYY	A	8	0	1	0	6.52	7	7	7	0	0	0	9.2	11	0	4	0	0	0
2001	CHC	N	1	1	0	1	32.40	1	6	6	0	0	0	1.2	6	1	3	0	0	0
2002	CHC	N	73	0	4	4	2.73	97	31	29	0	0	2	95.2	84	10	29	6	1	1
2003	CHC	N	68	0	2	2	2.63	66	23	20	0	0	33	68.1	53	5	19	1	0	1
2004	CHC	N	22	0	2	4	8.02	17	19	19	0	0	9	21.1	27	3	15	2	0	0
2005	CHC	N	11	0	0	0	6.55	11	8	8	0	0	0	11	12	5	1	0	0	0
2005	TBD	A	32	0	1	5	3.82	16	15	15	0	0	0	35.1	26	3	11	1	1	0
2005	Total		43	0	1	5	4.47	27	23	23	0	0	0	46.1	38	8	12	1	1	0
2006	FLA	N	72	0	3	3	3.75	64	31	29	0	0	36	69.2	63	7	33	7	1	2
2007	CLE	A	69	0	4	5	5.07	58	39	37	0	0	45	65.2	77	9	17	4	2	2
2008	CLE	A	18	0	1	3	7.56	9	14	14	0	0	6	16.2	24	4	8	2	0	0
Total	NL		289	1	15	20	3.82	277	144	135	0	0	80	317.2	305	37	129	24	3	5
Total	AL		134	0	7	14	5.00	95	78	76	0	0	51	136.2	145	16	48	8	3	2
Total			423	1	22	34	4.18	372	222	211	0	0	131	454.1	450	53	177	32	6	7

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1995	BAL	A	P	6	0	7.1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.000
1996	ATL	N	P	22	0	26	0	12	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	1.000
1997	ATL	N	P	20	0	24	4	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1997	NYY	A	P	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1997	Total		P	21	0	26	4	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1998	NYY	A	P	8	0	9.2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2001	CHC	N	P	1	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
2002	CHC	N	P	73	0	95.2	5	9	1	3	0	0	13	4	0	.933
2003	CHC	N	P	68	0	68.1	5	11	0	0	0	1	8	0	1	1.000
2004	CHC	N	P	22	0	21.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
2005	CHC	N	P	11	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
2005	TBD	A	P	32	0	35.1	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1.000
2005	Total		P	43	0	46.1	5	3	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1.000
2006	FLA	N	P	72	0	69.2	1	3	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	.800
2007	CLE	A	P	69	0	65.2	4	6	0	1	0	1	9	2	1	1.000
2008	CLE	A	P	18	0	16.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	.000
Total			P	423	1	454.1	25	52	2	7	0	3	51	13	3	.975

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1995	BAL	A	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	ATL	N	22	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
1997	ATL	N	20	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	NYY	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	Total		21	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	NYY	A	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	CHC	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	CHC	N	73	7	1	2	0	0	.286	.286	.286	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
2003	CHC	N	68	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	CHC	N	22	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	CHC	N	11	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	TBD	A	32	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	Total		43	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	FLA	N	72	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	CLE	A	69	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	CLE	A	18	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		289	9	1	2	0	0	.222	.222	.222	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
Total	AL		134	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			423	9	1	2	0	0	.222	.222	.222	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0

Transactions

• Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 32nd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1989 - signed August 13, 1989).
• Traded by Chicago White Sox to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Pete Rose (March 31, 1991).
• Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Rachaad Stewart to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Kent Mercker (December 17, 1995).
• Claimed on waivers by New York Yankees from Atlanta Braves (September 15, 1997).
• Granted free agency (October 15, 1999).
• Signed by Cincinnati Reds (November 9, 1999).
• Released by Cincinnati Reds (March 21, 2000).
• Signed by Chicago Cubs (December 11, 2000).
• Granted free agency (October 10, 2001).
• Signed by Chicago Cubs (November 20, 2001).
• Released by Chicago Cubs (June 29, 2005).
• Signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (July 14, 2005).
• Released by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (December 19, 2005).
• Signed by Florida Marlins (January 3, 2006).
• Granted free agency (October 30, 2006).
• Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 6, 2006).
• Released by the Cleveland Indians (July 10, 2008).